Chocolate and Almond Covered Bacon (plus Bacon and Eggs Ice Cream)

I know I said I wasn’t going to be cooking today, but I found myself with a wide open day and although it’s my anniversary, my husband has a business event tonight. So here I am, cooking up one of the most decadent treats you’ll have in a long time!You might recall me mentioning this was the dessert for my Celebration of the Pig New Year’s Eve dinner this year. I like to create unusual things for my dinner parties, catching my guests off guard a bit, in a good foodie sort of way. You start with crispy cooked bacon.Melt chocolate in a double boiler – I mixed a German sweet and a bittersweet here, but pick the level of sweet you prefer……and use a pastry brush to brush the chocolate onto each side of the bacon.Sprinkle each slice with some crushed sliced almonds and set the slices on a baking pan lined with parchment paper (or on a silpat mat).Refrigerate until the chocolate is firm again. You can eat the snack just like this (I had it for my mid-morning nibble today – in celebration of my anniversary, I guess!)……or serve it as a dessert. I call this “Bacon and Eggs” Ice Cream, serving the chocolate covered bacon as a garnish for a classic egg custard vanilla ice cream, like this recipe but without the cinnamon. Looking for something fun for your next dinner party? This will surprise and delight I promise!

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What a fun surprise for your guests! I love it. Chocolate covered bacon is delish, but add the almonds and ice cream and I’m in heaven. Love the confetti cupcakes too. Any of this would be perfect for a 21st birthday for a special girl.

Bacon Toffee?? Three words. To. Die. For. I’ve been asked to make a savory chocolate item and was going to do a brown sugar spiced bacon wrapped on a pretzel and dipped in chocolate…now thinking I must add nuts too!

I’m making my own bacon first and this will be one of the first things I try. Thanks!